New immigrants urged to vote for President Tsai and DPP candidates

Radio Taiwan Internatinal
Date: 23 December, 2019
By: Paula Chao

A new immigrants group is calling on fellow immigrants to vote for President Tsai Ing-wen and the

legislative candidates of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Statistics released by the interior ministry show that there are more than 550,000 new immigrants in Taiwan. Of them, about 47% are eligible to vote in the presidential and legislative elections on January 11.

For the first time, the DPP nominated a new immigrant of Malaysian descent, Lo Mei-ling, for a legislator-at-large seat. Those seats are chosen by a separate ballot in which citizens vote for a party rather than a specific candidate. Lo has a very good chance of winning the race, because she’s high on the DPP’s list.

At a DPP campaign rally on Monday, Lo said the DPP has placed an emphasis on new immigrants.
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